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Agricultural Business and Policy Extension

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Short-Term Operating Plan

Prepare your farm or ranch to continue operating in the situation that a primary decision maker is temporarily unavailable.

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Custom rates

Obtain a better understanding of the cost of producing crops or performing individual field activities by accessing the 2019 Custom Rates Guide.

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Increase productivity

Research-based publications from ag specialists will help you make better decisions for greater yields.

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The Agricultural Business and Policy Extension program serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges and to make informed decisions. The team is primarily focused on:

  • Helping farmers and agribusinesses with decision-making, financial management, taxes and risk mitigation;
  • Studying relevant industry and value-added agricultural issues;
  • Sharing how market fundamentals and trade policy may impact agricultural outlook;
  • Assessing diversification and new business opportunities for farms, businesses and commodity groups.

 

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Beef Backgrounding Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to Missouri beef farmers. The production practices used to develop these cost estimates are common for beef farms in Missouri. Farmers are encouraged to customize this budget to fit their operation. This is ...

Soybean (Dryland) Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to farmers planning the production, financing and marketing of soybeans for grain in Missouri. It includes a link to the Missouri Crop Budget Generator spreadsheet. Farmers can modify the budget based on their ...

Missouri Farm Land Values Opinion Survey

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

A web-based survey was conducted in September 2020 to determine what people think has been happening to farmland values in Missouri. The survey was sent to persons we expected to have insight on land values. Ag lenders, rural appraisers and farmers ...

Alfalfa Small Bales Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to farmers planning the production, financing and marketing of alfalfa small bales in Missouri. It includes a link to the Missouri Forage Budget Generator spreadsheet. Farmers can modify the budget based on ...

Winter Wheat Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to farmers planning the production, financing and marketing of winter wheat for grain in Missouri. It includes a link to the Missouri Crop Budget Generator spreadsheet. Farmers can modify the budget based on ...

Grain Sorghum Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to farmers planning the production, financing and marketing of grain sorghum in Missouri. It includes a link to the Missouri Crop Budget Generator spreadsheet. Farmers can modify the budget based on their ...

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